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Vintage MXR MX-103 script Blue Box 1975 sub octave fuzz guitar pedal
$700
Cosmetically scratched and well used but in perfect working order.
The Blue Box Octave Fuzz takes your guitar signal and duplicates it two octaves down for a huge, subterranean tone. The Blend knob lets you control how much of the fuzz tone is mixed with the two octaves down signal.
Notable Users: J Mascis, King Buzzo, Rowland S Howard, Jimmy Page.
The MXR Blue Box is the crazy effect heard on Jimmy Page’s “Fool in the Rain” solo. It takes your guitar signal and duplicates it two octaves down for a huge, subterranean tone. The Blend knob lets you control how much of the effected tone you mix in with your dry signal. Not for the timid—there is truly nothing like the Blue Box.
Adds fuzz to your signal and then duplicates it 2 octaves down.
Control the mix of the dry signal and the effect.
Feature – 1975 MXR Blue Box
Model Description:
MXR Innovations was founded in 1972 by Keith Barr and Terry Sherwood, based in Rochester, New York, USA and produced original pedals up to 1984 when production ceased. Early models, including the Blue Box (MX‑103), carried the spindly ‘script’ logo which has since become a symbol of desirability on the vintage market. MXR began to replace the ‘script’ logo in favour of the more modern ‘block’ logo from 1976, completing the conversion process by about 1978. By 1981 an LED status light and DC power input had been added. While the model name may aptly describe the physical appearance of the pedal, it gives absolutely no indication whatsoever of what it does, and the control labels don’t really help (‘Output’ and ‘Blend’). What you actually get is two full‑on analogue effects in one tiny blue box – a monophonic octave generator and a gritty fuzz. Over the years, the Blue Box has become popular with bass players as well as guitarists. When switched on, the ‘Blend’ control turned fully anti‑clockwise creates a note one octave down added to the original signal. Turned fully clockwise, the fuzz dominates. In between is a continuum of mixed effect depending on the knob’s position. The Blue Box has carved out quite a reputation with adventurous experimental and alternative artists. The Blue Box is quite a rare beast and is undeniably cool, ingeniously esoteric and mysteriously ambiguous. Good ones are becoming increasingly valuable amongst knowledgeable collectors. A rejuvenated MXR, under the ownership of Jim Dunlop, wisely reissued the Blue Box for new fans to discover and experience.
The desirable early script logo Blue Boxes in full working order and good condition are hard to find. The sub‑octave is very typical of its breed and is predictably unpredictable in that it often mis-tracks the original note. Its inability to follow notes accurately, especially with weaker pickups, might lead you to think it isn’t working correctly. Actually, it is operating normally; it’s just a quirky ‘feature’ that contributes to its offbeat impulsive random weirdness. The fuzz is downright dirty and leaves you in no doubt what its sonic intentions are. The bombastic aural onslaught doesn’t really need a tone control and the Level knob adds a boost to make even more of a din should your repertoire require it. What the Blue Box does in spades is to produce some fun, frantic, and frankly far out frequency frenzy, especially when combining the octave and fuzz effects – pure unadulterated noise. Natural sounding, it most certainly is not, but for uproarious experimentation, it scores big time – think Sonic Youth‑type audio mayhem. I love it. Be cool, join the in‑crowd, take a stomp on the wild side and don’t look back at the trail of devastation that this harmonically humongous heavyweight leaves behind.
http://www.craveguitars.co.uk/home/features/effects/feature-1975-mxr-blue-box/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DykkhAml3Ew
The Blue Box Octave Fuzz takes your guitar signal and duplicates it two octaves down for a huge, subterranean tone. The Blend knob lets you control how much of the fuzz tone is mixed with the two octaves down signal.
Notable Users: J Mascis, King Buzzo, Rowland S Howard, Jimmy Page.
The MXR Blue Box is the crazy effect heard on Jimmy Page’s “Fool in the Rain” solo. It takes your guitar signal and duplicates it two octaves down for a huge, subterranean tone. The Blend knob lets you control how much of the effected tone you mix in with your dry signal. Not for the timid—there is truly nothing like the Blue Box.
Adds fuzz to your signal and then duplicates it 2 octaves down.
Control the mix of the dry signal and the effect.
Feature – 1975 MXR Blue Box
Model Description:
MXR Innovations was founded in 1972 by Keith Barr and Terry Sherwood, based in Rochester, New York, USA and produced original pedals up to 1984 when production ceased. Early models, including the Blue Box (MX‑103), carried the spindly ‘script’ logo which has since become a symbol of desirability on the vintage market. MXR began to replace the ‘script’ logo in favour of the more modern ‘block’ logo from 1976, completing the conversion process by about 1978. By 1981 an LED status light and DC power input had been added. While the model name may aptly describe the physical appearance of the pedal, it gives absolutely no indication whatsoever of what it does, and the control labels don’t really help (‘Output’ and ‘Blend’). What you actually get is two full‑on analogue effects in one tiny blue box – a monophonic octave generator and a gritty fuzz. Over the years, the Blue Box has become popular with bass players as well as guitarists. When switched on, the ‘Blend’ control turned fully anti‑clockwise creates a note one octave down added to the original signal. Turned fully clockwise, the fuzz dominates. In between is a continuum of mixed effect depending on the knob’s position. The Blue Box has carved out quite a reputation with adventurous experimental and alternative artists. The Blue Box is quite a rare beast and is undeniably cool, ingeniously esoteric and mysteriously ambiguous. Good ones are becoming increasingly valuable amongst knowledgeable collectors. A rejuvenated MXR, under the ownership of Jim Dunlop, wisely reissued the Blue Box for new fans to discover and experience.
The desirable early script logo Blue Boxes in full working order and good condition are hard to find. The sub‑octave is very typical of its breed and is predictably unpredictable in that it often mis-tracks the original note. Its inability to follow notes accurately, especially with weaker pickups, might lead you to think it isn’t working correctly. Actually, it is operating normally; it’s just a quirky ‘feature’ that contributes to its offbeat impulsive random weirdness. The fuzz is downright dirty and leaves you in no doubt what its sonic intentions are. The bombastic aural onslaught doesn’t really need a tone control and the Level knob adds a boost to make even more of a din should your repertoire require it. What the Blue Box does in spades is to produce some fun, frantic, and frankly far out frequency frenzy, especially when combining the octave and fuzz effects – pure unadulterated noise. Natural sounding, it most certainly is not, but for uproarious experimentation, it scores big time – think Sonic Youth‑type audio mayhem. I love it. Be cool, join the in‑crowd, take a stomp on the wild side and don’t look back at the trail of devastation that this harmonically humongous heavyweight leaves behind.
http://www.craveguitars.co.uk/home/features/effects/feature-1975-mxr-blue-box/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DykkhAml3Ew
- Date Listed:07/01/2024
- Last Edited:16/02/2024
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Pickup Only
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